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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Nicolas</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There's no objection on aesthetic grounds, or even
grammatical ones. But there certainly is on linguistic ones if you are
setting a classical text, as has been explained. For a medieval one you
could argue the toss on a per-case basis. Ignore the publishers - they
don't know about that sort of thing! We are a long way from the
scholar-printers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, alas.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=nivaca@gmail.com href="mailto:nivaca@gmail.com">Nicolas Vaughan</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=xetex@tug.org
href="mailto:xetex@tug.org">Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [XeTeX] Ligatures
question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'm sorry, but I´ll have agree with Fr. Michael. I doesn't seem
wrong, neither aesthetically, nor grammatically, to use these kinds of
ligatures. If nowadays there have gone out of fashion, or if there doesnt seem
to be any more use for them, I don't mind at all. I have typeset several Latin
language editions using these ligatures and they seem beautiful---and the
publishers for whom I've worked also seem to like them.<BR><BR>And what would
be the beauty of [Xe]LaTeX --- to quote Dario Taraborelli --- without
ligatures?<BR><BR>Best wishes.<BR clear=all>Nicolas<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Fr. Michael Gilmary
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<DIV class=im>John Was wrote:<BR><BR><FONT size=2><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I meant to add that ct, st, sh, Qu, and
whatever other kind of ornamental ligs, swash caps, etc. are
available are indeed just a matter of taste, and if you want a flamboyant
effect, by all means go ahead (*trying* not to over-egg the pudding - it
is the word-processor's disease to use every trick available,
while typographers should exercise restraint). But as should be
clear, use of the ae/oe glyphs in Latin would diminish the edition in
the eyes of those who are in a position to read the Latin in the first
place.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR></DIV>Thanks to John and David
for the update for us non-classicists! The edition of the Nova Vulgata that
I use doesn't use those lig/digs, nor do the various editions of the
Sisto-Clementine Vulgate. But an early 20th century edition of St.
Thomas (ST and SCG as well as his commentaries on Scripture) /do/ use them.
<BR><BR>It's interesting what David said about the confusion of the two
ae/oe ... I've often wondered about that (coelum vel caelum ?) Personally, I
like the archaic look.<BR><BR>As for the exceptions list, it proves helpful
at least for enabling the use of the diaeresis for correct pronunciation
(mostly, it's for proper names, as mentioned).
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United in adoration of Jesus,
fr. michael gilmary, mma
Most Holy Trinity Monastery
67 Dugway Road
Petersham, MA 01366-9725
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